Campaigns Shift as McCain Choice Alters the Race
Aug 31st, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: Election 2008The New York Times: Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have begun recalibrating their strategies for the presidential campaign — and reconsidering some of their basic assumptions about which states and voters are in play — in a contest recast by Mr. McCain’s unexpected selection of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate.
A day after Mr. McCain announced his decision, catching almost everyone but his inner circle by surprise, both sides were trying to gauge the risks and opportunities of having a young, relatively inexperienced, socially conservative woman on the Republican ticket.